Chapter 225
Chapter 225
His Found Lycan Luna Chapter 101
Azalea POV.
After we sorted out Peter, Kyson left me with Abbie, Liam and Trey. We headed back to her room to check on Gannon and take Tyson from him so he could meet up with the King and Damian to try to figure out their next
move.
Kyson was right, and Crux still hadn‘t sent through the tracking information. So now Kyson was having to find another way to obtain it, yet the more I thought of it, the more I believed Crux was taunting us. He knew we had him backed into a corner and was now plotting against us harder than ever.
I just didn‘t know how he fit into it all, yet I had this nagging feeling I was right. And that everything was connected in some way. “I can‘t believe Kyson let Peter stay,” Abbie says.
“Not without conditions, and he is to have Dustin with him at all times until we figure out what to do with him.” I tell her with a sigh. It was better than him sleeping in the stables.
“I just don‘t understand how Ester abandoned him again, and where would she go?” Abbie murmurs. I didn‘t understand it all either. It also baffled Kyson. She fought to have him not killed, only to dump him the first chance she got
“It‘s almost like he was some pawn to her, saved him for some benefit to herself. She doesn‘t deserve to be a mother,” Abbie tells me, and I stop in my tracks.
“You‘re right,” I mumble, and my brows furrow as I try to make sense of it. Trey stops running into the back of me when I halt. He grips my arm to steady me, so I don‘t fall over.
“I know. What mother does that to her son?” Abbie continued. Not realizing I had stopped and was stuck in my own head.
“Azalea?” Trey murmurs. Abbie‘s footsteps stop when Liam grips her shoulder, pulling her to a stop, and I look between them both as they stare at me, the cogs in my head turning. Ester had access to both Kingdoms. Both Kingdoms were attacked by hunters.
She had a reason for hating my father when he shunned her while she was pregnant with his son. Yet Marissa was at both Kingdoms too. Although, I know she didn‘t do it. What benefit would she gain by killing her own mate and keeping me hidden?
“What is it?” Liam asks.
“It‘s Ester,” I murmur. Yet what reason would she have for killing Claire? It was the only thing that made little sense to me. What would she gain from that, and why did Marissa run afterward?
In the memory I was given, my mother specifically told Marissa to take me to my mate. So my mother had to know Kyson was my mate before even we knew. She knew I would be safe with him, yet why did Marrissa not hand me over to him? And why did she run from the Kingdom afterward?
“What about Ester?” Trey asks.
“What Abbie said, Peter is a pawn to her. It‘s the only thing that makes sense. Explains how she could abandon him after fighting for him. My father shunning her is what she blames him for. She was also in both kingdoms. She was a part of both kingdoms when the attacks happened,” I tell him. Liam moves closer, looking at Trey, also thinking.
“It was Ester that let the hunters in.” Trey thinks for a second, but it is Liam who comes forward next with another good point.
“Peter also said Ester went missing the night Larkin left here,” Liam says, looking at Trey.
“But she wasn‘t here when Larkin was. She wouldn‘t have known about any of it,‘ I tell him, finding holes in what he said.
“Peter!” Trey says, but I shake my head.
“Think about it, Azalea. Who else would it be?” Trey says. Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org
“Peter seemed genuine,” I tell him, and Trey scoffs.
“There is one way to find out for sure, command him to answer, question him, and find out what he knows,” Liam offers.
“That would hurt him,” I tell him.
“Sometimes command is the necessary evil, Azalea. Remember what Kyson told you earlier when he agreed to let him stay?” Trey reminds me.
“That I had to see past my own desire to see the good in someone,” I answer, and Liam nods while I sigh, squeezing the bridge of my nose,
I knew they were right. It was also the only way we could be certain about which side of the fence Peter was on. I hated the idea of hurting him, even though he hurt me. Yet I knew Kyson would manipulate my aura if I asked and do it for me.
“Okay, but first, I need to get Tyson. The King wanted to see Gannon,” Abbie says.
“We are going with him. I promised Kyson I wouldn‘t go near Peter without him. I am not breaking that promise and giving him reason to kill Peter before we get answers,” I tell her, and she nods her head before rushing off to find her mate and Tyson. Liam watches her go, and I sigh.
“I don‘t know what is going on with you and Abbie, but I am watching Liam. Now go on; I know Gannon has asked you to keep an eye on her when he isn‘t with her because you linger like a foul smell,” I tell him.
“I would like to argue about the foul smell comment; I smell divine, blood, and sultry sin is a more accurate description of my scent. Just ask Dustin. He will happily confirm. But quite right, my Queen, you are observant.” He taunts, and I roll my eyes.
“Apparently not observant enough. Look at the mess we are in,” I tell him.
“Good thing you have a guard and friends willing to help you clean it up,” Liam laughs before sauntering off after Abbie.
I shake my head, and Trey offers me his arm. I loop mine through his while we wait, using him as my personal leaning post; 1
needed sleep. I hardly got enough.
“Can we stop by my room on the way? I want to grab the books Cedric gave me.”
“Of course,” I chew my lip, knowing how busy Kyson is, but that was kind of his thing, so I stopped myself from asking Trey. Curiosity was killing me, yet Kyson enjoyed reading to me, and it kind of felt like a betrayal to have someone else do it.
“What are you thinking that has you pulling that face?” Trey asks.
“Nothing; I am trying to figure out how Claire fits into it all. She is the one part that makes absolutely no sense. Ester getting vengeance on my father, though petty, is still motive enough. But to kill a pregnant woman?” I ask.
“Like mother like son,‘ Trey says. “We‘ll figure it out, though I am not sure Ester would be smart enough to pull such a thing off. Yet you are right. There are too many coincidences surrounding her, and now her sudden disappearance makes her look even more guilty. Either she has the worst timing and simply is in the wrong place at the wrong time constantly. Or we are missing something entirely.” Trey tells me.
“And if she is quilty, it means someone was helping her. She flew under the radar and swept through two kingdoms without raising suspicion. How is that even possible?” I ask him.
“The same way it is possible that none of us knew she had a child or, in my case, kept the child. Secrets always come to light, even the best–kept ones. Nothing stays hidden forever. You are proof of that. And if someone is helping her, my bet is on the council and Crux
“Wait, Tandi said Crux had a mistress?” I ask him.
“No, Crux wouldn‘t be involved with someone like her, not someone his uncle was with,” Trey says with a shake of his head
“Unless they both had motive,” I tell him, and he seems to think. But what motive would Crux have? What would he gain by killing his own uncle?